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Klaus Kinski

Acting

Born October 18, 1926 · Sopot

Died November 23, 1991

Also known as Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski · Klaus Kinsky · Klaus Nakszynski

Biography

Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszyński, best known as Klaus Kinski (18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991), was a German actor. He appeared in over 130 films, and is perhaps best-remembered as a leading role actor in Werner Herzog films: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Cobra Verde (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Klaus Kinski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · 1986

Filmography50+ titles

For a Few Dollars More

1965as Juan Wild - The Hunchback

Burden of Dreams

1982as Self - Actor

Fitzcarraldo

1982as Fitzcarraldo

Doctor Zhivago

1965as Kostoyed Amourski

The Great Silence

1968as Loco (Tigrero)

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

1972as Don Lope de Aguirre

My Best Fiend

1999as Self (archive footage)

Nosferatu the Vampyre

1979as Count Dracula

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014as Self - Actor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Grand Slam

1967as Erich Weiss

Django & Django

2021as Self - Actor (archive footage)

That Most Important Thing: Love

1975as Karl-Heinz Zimmer

Cobra Verde

1987as Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde

Decision Before Dawn

1951as Whining Soldier (uncredited)

And God Said to Cain...

1970as Gary Hamilton

Last of the Renegades

1964as David "Luke" Lucas

Woyzeck

1979as Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck

A Bullet for the General

1967as El Santo

The Strange Countess

1961as Bresset

Death of a Corrupt Man

1977as Nicolas Tomski

I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death

1969as Chadeau / Holden / Hot Dead

Mark of the Tortoise

1964as Shapiro

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962as Kindler

The Door with Seven Locks

1962as Pheeny

Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse

1963as Inspector Joe Wright

Fear

1954as Cabaret Performer (uncredited)

A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe

1975as Doc Foster

Footprints on the Moon

1975as Professor Blackmann

The Black Abbot

1963as Thomas Fortuna

The Secret of the Black Widow

1963as Boyd

Dead Eyes of London

1961as Edgar Strauss

FantastiCozzi

2016as Nosferatu (archive footage)

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

1968as Morgan

Twice a Judas

1968as Dingus

The Dirty Game

1965as Russian Agent

Jack the Ripper

1976as Dr. Dennis Orloff / Jack the Ripper

Death Smiles on a Murderer

1973as Dr. Sturges

Count Dracula

1970as Renfield

Double Face

1969as John Alexander

The Ruthless Four

1968as Brent il Biondo

Man, Pride and Vengeance

1967as Lt. Miguel Garcia

The Curse of the Hidden Vault

1964as George

Nosferatu in Venice

1988as Nosferatu

Return of Shanghai Joe

1975as Pat Barnes

Web of the Spider

1971as Edgar Allan Poe

Secret of the Red Orchid

1962as Steve

Venom

1981as Jacques Müller (Jacmel)

A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity

1972as Scott

His Name Was King

1971as Brian Foster

Coffin Full of Dollars

1971as Dan Hagen / Slander